Confusing 1988 Iowa duck hunting rules announced
The U S Fish and Wildlife Service tightens waterfowl laws in 1988. The season shrinks to 30 days, daily bag limits set at three with many exceptions, canvas backs and pintails banned, opening time moved to sunrise, September season eliminated, Iowa to zone the season per wildlife chief Richard Bishop.
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Iowa
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Richard Bishop
Iowa Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Management
DNA
Iowa to Split Duck Season As Drought Shrinks Habitat
State wildlife officials plan split duck seasons north and south of Interstate 80 with a three duck bag limit, two mallards max, and restricted pintail hunting. Federal rules allow splits, and Iowa may adjust dates from early October to late November while phasing out a decade old point system.
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Iowa
Bishop
Iowa anglers reel in 119 northern pike in a single day
In northeast Iowa near Harpers Ferry Robin Chase and friends caught 119 northern pike in ten hours on the Mississippi River. At least 52 weighed over 10 pounds, with a few over 15 pounds. They kept few fish, photographed big ones, then released others.
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Canada
Iowa
David Kresnicka
Hickory Wind Lane
Marion
Robin Chase
Sixth Ave
Mississippi River
Harpers Ferry
Chase
Robin
Carroll
Pat Chase
16Th Ave
Long Lake
Allamakee County
West
Okoboji Lake
Debbie DeKruif
Cedar Rapids
Honey Hole
Mississippi
Hybrid striped bass stocked in Coralville Lake Iowa
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources stocked 3000 hybrid striped bass in Coralville Lake near the Mahaffey Bridge boat dock southwest of Solon. These wipers are five to six inches long and represent the first Iowa stock outside Saylorville Lake. Previous stockings at Saylorville included 500000 three day old hybrids in 1981 and 1983. The hybrids have grown and drawn 25 pound catches in both years.
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Solon
Department of Natural Resources
Coralville Lake
Iowa
Saylorville Lake
Des Moines
Mahaffey Bridge
Saylorville
Jack C. Hahn
Middle Amana
Robert Sissel
Sioux City
Pella
Central College Recital Hall
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Branstad Announces Invitational Pheasant Hunt Schedule
Gov. Terry Branstad will host an invitational pheasant hunt this fall with events starting Oct. 28 in Des Moines. A Friday dinner, breakfast gathering, drive to southern Iowa for the hunt, clay shooting, and a closing banquet in St. Charles are planned, with prior years held in Williamsburg and southwestern Iowa.
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Terry Branstad
Iowa
Des Moines
Izaak Walton
St. Charles
Williamsburg
Iowa records 41-pound grass carp caught at Viking Lake
George Rakes of Omaha Nebraska set a state white amur record with a 41 pound 43 inch grass carp at Viking Lake in Montgomery County on July 2. The prior 41 pound record was 42 inches. Iowa DNR awards angler certificates and patches yearly for qualifying catches. anglers must submit the entry blank from the 1988 Fishing Regulations booklet and follow its rules.
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George Rakes
Omaha
Neb
Viking Lake
Montgomery County
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Cityline Travel Tips and State Tourism Bureaus Guide
A weekly travel tips feature offers guidelines for planning trips and showcases a guide to tourism bureaus in each state. The notice directs readers to call CITYLINE at 363 7000 for more information under Category 8300.
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Water drop at Coralville Lake prompts hazard warnings
Coralville Lake water level has fallen below 680 feet to 679.8 feet prompting Corps of Engineers warnings of underwater hazards near Mahaffey Bridge. Officials buoyed known submerged hazards and urge boaters to report other hazards and call 354 4466 for current levels.
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Coralville
USS. Corps of Engineers
Coralville Lake
Mahaffey Bridge
Corps
Hunting seasons and dates listed for 1988 89
The notice lists opening dates and rules for state game seasons including cock pheasants quail gray partridge ruffed grouse cottontail rabbits jack rabbits woodcock groundhog pigeons crows ducks coot geese rails snipe and turkey deer by weapon type bow muzzleloader and gun with zone and bag limit details where provided. Several dates indicate seasons set later or vary by species and zone.
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J.K. Laing
Washington
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Craig Payne
Ottumwa
Michael J. Dunbar
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Naser D. Shahriyar
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Steven Coughennower
Jeffrey D. Speltz
Armstrong
Tom Carter
Cedar Falls
Kent Strabala
Bluebird Conference
Black Hawk County
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